TIL 'Monkey', a puppet character in Britain. It's a rare mascot that outlived the product (digital TV) it promoted, and reused for totally different product (tea).

contentbot@lemmy.ca · 6 months ago

TIL 'Monkey', a puppet character in Britain. It's a rare mascot that outlived the product (digital TV) it promoted, and reused for totally different product (tea).

Aggravationstation@feddit.uk · edit-2 6 months ago

I always hated Monkey and PG Tips, the tea brand he advertised. He turned his back on co-star Johnny Vegas and Johnny was never the same after that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ck45ni5C

I’m a lifelong Tetley Tea and Tetley Tea folk man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un5lzlqeL-A

TIL 'Monkey', a puppet character in Britain. It's a rare mascot that outlived the product (digital TV) it promoted, and reused for totally different product (tea).

TIL 'Monkey', a puppet character in Britain. It's a rare mascot that outlived the product (digital TV) it promoted, and reused for totally different product (tea).

Monkey (character) - Wikipedia